India, Nov. 14 -- India is a global force with which the US will have to work closely on technologies of the future such as semiconductors and AI, while Pakistan is a country with which successive American administrations have collaborated to cope with regional issues such as the situation in Afghanistan, former secretary of state Antony Blinken said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.

The de-hyphenation in the US's relations with India and Pakistan is complete and there must be zero tolerance for terrorism and respect for India's right to defend itself when attacked, Blinken said during a conversation with former ambassador Jawed Ashraf. Blinken, who served as secretary of state under president Joe Biden, acknowledged that the US ...